July 11, 2010 — Ellie Ularich,
who uses a walker to make it to her place in front of the new Veterans
Gazebo to watch the Reminiscents perform in the first of the Sunday
Concerts on the Common series, gets out of her chair to boogie. Ellie is
a fixture at these concerts.

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No Strings
Attached

July 11, 2010 — Luis Albert of
Worcester is caught in mid flight diving off of the Hopkinton Reservoir
Dam this afternoon.

Masked Intruder

July 11, 2010 — This bird
appears to be a newcomer to the Hopkinton Reservoir, flying around the
dam with a few of its own kind. From Holly Russell:

The bird is a Kildeer. They build their
nests on the ground. Their babies are born on the run and look
exactly like the parents when they're born. These birds will play
the broken wing game if people or other animals come near the
babies.

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Please Be Seated

July 11, 2010 Aidan McNicholas of Southborough takes a precarious
pose as the resident Canada geese give him plenty of space at Hopkinton
State Park this afternoon.

Hopkinton Police
Department Suspicious Incident

Press Release

On
Saturday 10 July 2010, at approximately 0840 AM, Hopkinton Police
responded to a residence on Downey Street for a report of a suspicious
device placed against a motor home. Upon arrival of Hopkinton Police
Officers, they observed the device had burned causing damage to the
motor home.

The Hopkinton Fire Department was notified to respond.

The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was notified and responded as
well.

Hopkinton Fire Department requested assistance from Milford and Ashland
Fire departments. Residences around this area were evacuated for safety
precautions. Upon arrival of the Mass. State Police Bomb Squad, they
examined the device located on the motor home and later rendered it
safe.

It
was also determined that a subject who had been taken into protective
custody from a West Main Street business this morning was found to be in
possession of a suspicious device. This device was removed to the
outside of the police station and the station and immediate area was
secured. The bomb squad also examined this device and rendered safe.

An
arrest warrant was obtained from the Framingham District Court for
Michael J. FITZGERALD, age 35 of Hopkinton, Mass., the subject that was
in possession of a suspicious device at the time he was taken into
protective custody. The charge on the warrant was for one count of
Possession of an Infernal Machine. FITZGERALD was arrested and
transported to the police station for processing.

FITZGERALD’S residence was checked by the Hopkinton Fire Dept. and State
Police Bomb Squad and cleared. All residents were allowed back into
their homes. The investigation is active at this time. Any further
inquiries should be directed to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s
Office.

Agencies assisting in this
incident include:

1. Middlesex County District
Attorney’s Office

2. Hopkinton Fire Department

3. Milford Fire Department

4. Ashland Fire Department

5. Mass. State Police Bomb Squad

6. Mass. State Fire Marshalls
Office

7. Mass. State Police Crime Scene Services

Sights and
Sounds from Downey Street Location of IED

Interview
with victim

July 10, 2010 — Unedited video
above of scene at Downey Street, where an IED was discovered on a motor
home by its owner/resident, as well as an interview with the resident.

Update: Device at Downey Street
"Neutralized"

State Bomb Squad on Downey Street to

Investigate Two IEDs (Improvised
Explosive Device)

Downey
Street cordoned off. Command Post set up at Police Headquarters. One
device in Police Station.

July 10, 2010 — The State Police Bomb Squad arrived on Downey Street
this morning to investigate two incendiary devices believed to be
located there. In addition, Hopkinton Police allowed an additional
device into headquarters last night, believing it to be harmless, when
it was not, according to one source. They now await the arrival of the
state bomb squad there. Neither police nor fire officials would give any
further information. Above, Deputy Chief Steve Slaman sets up a Command
Center in front of the Police Station.

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Early Birds

July 10, 2010 — A young couple were the first audience members to arrive
waiting to watch the Park and Recreation's movie on the Common last
night as workers put the finishing touches on the installation of the
huge 12' x 16' inflatable screen. last night's movie was "Up." These are
the upcoming movies for July, shown at dusk:

July 9, 2010 — Sparks Art Studio ended its Fairy Houses Mini-camp today,
as some of the student saw fairies flying around the room like
Tinkerbelle.

Said teacher Robin Batchelder, "We put out berries and bowls of fairy
food." The children each built part of the enormous fairy display.

Heather Lynne Siebert Memorial Ride

July 17, 2010

Laconia Harley Davidson

Meredith, NH

Registration 7:00 am Ride at 9:00 am

July 8, 2010 — Hopkinton High School graduate, Heather Siebert, who died
last October at 24 years-old following a protracted, decade-long
mysterious illness, will be remembered in a memorial motorcycle ride
organized by her mother, Barbara Harris, and stepfather, Hopkinton Fire
Lieutenant Carl Harris (facebook).

According to firefighter Rob Santucci, over 20 motorcycles from
Hopkinton have signed up for the ride. Contributed photo.

Folks can pre register at HERE
or the day of the event, July 17 at Laconia Harley Davidson.

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FROM
ENTER STAGE LEFT

Barn
Raising Barbeque

We are so fortunate to have the talents
of the Evan Goodrow Band at our event. They are true
artists supporting artists!

Tickets are $15 for Adults/$10 for
Students and Seniors and includes a BBQ dinner from
Tenessees BBQ!

You don't want to miss this event! The Evan Goodrow Band
will be playing their signature blues. One fan said "If
James Brown had a white son who cut his teeth playing
the chitlin’ circuit, you might get something like Evan
Goodrow, a soul-singing, blues guitar playing
powerhouse."

Stephanie
Ann Bolduc Burke passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 4,
2010. Born in Middleborough, she moved from Halifax, MA to Holliston in
1984 and later made her home in Hopkinton for many years before moving
to Uxbridge. Her birth father, Jeffrey S. Bolduc resides in Woolwich,
Maine with his wife Donnallee. Her mother, Susan M. Waring, and
step-father, Walter J. Waring of Bristol, New Hampshire resided in
Holliston for many years, where Stephanie graduated from Holliston High
School.

She was the dedicated mother of one son, Kevin M. Burke of Hopkinton.
She also leaves behind her loving sister, Lynda Bolduc-Hicks with her
husband Paul Hicks and their sons Shane and Gavin Hicks, all of Newton;
her devoted aunts, Jacqueline Mott and Faith Pasternak of Halifax, MA;
and uncle and aunt John L. and Stephanie Sue Mott of Oxford, IA and
cousins Vicky Flynn of Sagamore Beach, MA, Keith R. Mott and Mary Mott
Wilson of IA and their families. Among Stephanie's many friends, two
lifetime friends, Amy Woodworth and Reba Marie Johnson, have been as
close as sisters. She is survived by her husband, Michael D. Burke of
Millville; brother-in-law William Burke, sisters-in-law Maja and Kelly
Schoop, and mother-in-law Deborah Conley who lives in Millville with her
husband Robert Conley.

Visitation will be held at the Chesmore Funeral Home in Hopkinton
Massachusetts at 57 Hayden Rowe St. on Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 1:30
to 3:00 pm with funeral service to follow at 3:00 pm. Interment will be
held later in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made in Kevin Burke's name to assist in fulfilling Stephanie's wish that
her son attend college.

Like Water
off of a...Grasshopper's Back!

July 7, 2010 — This hopper of the grass jumped out of the HopNews flower
box as it was being watered this afternoon, to pose for a photo on the
storefront window. Water beads on top of its back, much like on the oily
feathers of a duck.

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Fine Turnout for
Boat Parade

July
7, 2010 — The LMPA (Lake Maspenock Preservation Association) held its
annual boat parade on July 4th; above is an entrant that is quite at
home in the water.

Below, enjoy some of the boat parade on HD video.Editor's Note:
The video was sped up in the middle, but the desired effect was not
achieved. We (I) promise not to do it again.

Mobile
Woodpile

July 7, 2010 —
Above, the Craig Nation Horribles Parade float poked fun at the
situation at his property line with the Town, where one town official
asked Selectmen to order the police to arrest him if he did not move his
woodpile, which was on disputed land. The complicated lawsuit ended up
giving him access to the very property in question. Photo by Austin
Falcione.

Much More of the Horribles
Parade is in the video below.

Head-on

July 7, 2010 — The dark colored coupe was on
the wrong side of the road when this collision occurred, which caused a
child in the grey van to have a nosebleed, at Hopkinton State Park
today.

HOPKINTON,
Mass. - July 6, 2010—
EMC Corporation (NYSE:
EMC), the world's leading provider of information
infrastructure solutions, today announced it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire
California-based Greenplum, Inc. Greenplum is a
privately-held, fast-growing provider of disruptive
data warehousing technology, a key enabler of "big
data" clouds and self-service analytics. Upon
completion of the acquisition, Greenplum will form
the foundation of a new data computing product
division within EMC's Information Infrastructure
business.

Today, new forms of
data—massive amounts of it—are emerging more quickly
than ever before thanks to always-on networks, the
Web, a flood of consumer content, surveillance
systems, sensors and the like. In a recent report,
IDC predicted that over the next 10 years the amount
of digital data created annually will grow 44 fold.
Companies are increasingly turning to new
architectures and new tools to help make sense of
this "big data" phenomenon.

Regarded by industry
experts as a
visionary leader,
Greenplum utilizes a
"shared-nothing" massively parallel processing (MPP)
architecture
that has been designed from the ground up for
analytical processing using virtualized x86
infrastructure. Greenplum is capable of delivering
10 to 100 times the performance of traditional
database software at a dramatically lower cost.
Data-driven businesses around the world, including
NASDAQ OMX, NYSE Euronext, Skype, Equifax, T-Mobile
and Fox Interactive Media have adopted Greenplum for
sophisticated, high-performance data analytics.

Pat Gelsinger (Photo),
President and Chief Operating Officer, EMC
Information Infrastructure Products, said, "The data
warehousing world is about to change. Greenplum's
massively-parallel, scale-out architecture, along
with its self-service consumption model, has enabled
it to separate itself from the incumbent players and
emerge as the leader in this industry shift toward
'big data' analytics. Greenplum's market-leading
technology combined with EMC's virtualized
Private Cloud
infrastructure provides customers, today, with a
best-of-breed solution for tomorrow's 'big-data'
challenges." ~EMC Release

Work Begins

July 7, 2010 —
Work has begun on the re-signalization of the traffic lights at the
Main/Grove/Cedar intersection Downtown as required by the Host Community
Agreement with Legacy Farms, which is slated to develop 940 dwelling
units and 450,000 square feet of mixed commercial space in East
Hopkinton.

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Automatic Sprinkler System Ban

Due to the extreme extended dry period we have
encountered over the past month, coupled with the dramatic rise in water
consumption over the past week, it has become necessary to enact a
mandatory outside water use restrictions for all lawn sprinklers to
ensure an adequate water supply for daily essential needs and to meet
firefighting capabilities. It is imperative that everyone please turn
off all automatic sprinkler system immediately. Hand watering of flowers
and vegetable gardens is permitted. Please refrain from all other
unnecessary, outdoor use until further notice. We will be providing
updates as needed. Thank for your cooperation in this extremely
important matter.

Regards,

Eric J. Carty

Water/Sewer Manager

Helping Hand

July 7, 2010 —
This dragonfly uses its legs to hang onto a twig, which seems to be
extending a helping hand to it. The legs are not able to stand, but are
used for holding onto things, and when put together in flight like a
net, for capturing insects like mosquitoes.

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Hot, Hot, Hot

July 7, 2010 —
Humans and and animals were wise yesterday to stay in or near water to
alleviate the effects of the sweltering temperatures, as above at
Hopkinton Reservoir. According to Andrew Sweeney's forecast at the top
of the page, the rest of the week should be a bit cooler.

Boy Taken
from Sandy Beach to Hospital

July 6, 2010 — In
mid-afternoon, emergency personnel responded to a boy in distress at
Sandy Beach. The 4-5 year-old patient went under the water, but it was
unclear whether he ingested or aspirated water, so after an on-scene
evaluation, he was transported to Milford Hospital.